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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/poky/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml b/poky/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml index 10b588352b..0ca5321618 100644 --- a/poky/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml +++ b/poky/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml @@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ The variable <filename>FOO</filename> becomes " 789 123456 " and <filename>FOO2</filename> becomes - " jkl abcdef ". + " abcdef ". </para> <para> @@ -2526,6 +2526,9 @@ In the previous example, the <filename>do_packagedata</filename> task of each item in <filename>RDEPENDS</filename> must have completed before <filename>do_package_qa</filename> can execute. + Although <filename>RDEPENDS</filename> contains entries from the + runtime dependency namespace, BitBake knows how to map them back + to the build-time dependency namespace, in which the tasks are defined. </para> </section> @@ -2562,15 +2565,17 @@ </para> <para> - You might want to not only have BitBake look for - dependencies of those tasks, but also have BitBake look - for build-time and runtime dependencies of the dependent - tasks as well. - If that is the case, you need to reference the task name - itself in the task list: + BitBake allows a task to recursively depend on itself by + referencing itself in the task list: <literallayout class='monospaced'> do_a[recrdeptask] = "do_a do_b" </literallayout> + In the same way as before, this means that the <filename>do_a</filename> + and <filename>do_b</filename> tasks of the current recipe and all + recipes reachable (by way of dependencies) from the recipe + must run before the <filename>do_a</filename> task can run. In this + case BitBake will ignore the current recipe's <filename>do_a</filename> + task circular dependency on itself. </para> </section> |